View clinical trials related to Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA).
Filter by:This Phase 1/2 study will evaluate the safety and pharmacodynamics (PD) of SEL-302, which consists of the gene transfer vector MMA-101 following administration of an immunomodulatory SEL-110 agent in pediatric subjects with Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase (MMUT) MMA.
This First-in-Human (FIH) Phase 1/2 study will evaluate mRNA-3704 in patients with methylmalonic acidemia/aciduria (MMA) due to methylmalonyl-coenzyme A mutase (MUT) deficiency between 1 to 18 years of age with elevated plasma methylmalonic acid. The study is designed to characterize baseline biomarker levels followed by assessment of safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of different doses of mRNA-3704 in patients affected by MMA as part of the Dose Escalation phase. During the Dose Escalation phase, three dose levels of mRNA-3704 are planned to be investigated in this study among patients with MMA due to MUT deficiency: low dose, mid dose, and high dose. An additional cohort to evaluate a fourth dose level may be considered jointly by the independent SMC and the Sponsor. Upon establishment of a dose with acceptable safety and pharmacodynamic activity, additional patients will be enrolled in a Dose Expansion phase to allow for further characterization of the safety and pharmacodynamics of mRNA-3704. Patients in both phases of study will participate in a pre-dosing observational period, followed by a treatment period, and then a follow-up period after withdrawal of treatment.
Background: Very few drugs exist that treat hyperammonemia, specifically PA and MMA. Diet restrictions and alternate pathway agents are the current primary treatments, but they frequently fail to prohibit brain damage. Orthotopic liver transplantation cures the hyperammonemia of urea cycle disorders, but organ availability is limited and the procedure is highly invasive and requires life-long immunosuppression. A drug that could repair or stimulate a dysfunctional urea cycle such as this would have several advantages over current therapy. A drug called N-carbamyl-L-glutamate, Carglumic acid (NCG or Carbaglu)has recently been found to be virtually curative of another urea cycle defect called NAGS deficiency. In this disorder, treatment with NCG alone normalizes ureagenesis, blood ammonia and glutamine levels, allows normal protein tolerance and restores health. Knowledge from this study is being applied to acquired hyperammonemia, specifically in patients with propionic PA and MMA, to try and improve neurodevelopmental outcomes by improving the hyperammonemia. Aims: The overall objective of this project is to determine whether treatment of acute hyperammonemia with Carglumic acid in propionic acidemia (PA), methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) changes the long-term outcome of disease and to determine if it is effective in restoring urine ammonia levels to normal levels.